Baldi lays claim to jobless benefits

The ex-painkiller doctor says he deserves them since he was fired.

1:07 AM,
Feb. 16, 2013

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A former Des Moines pain-relief doctor accused of causing narcotic overdose deaths says he deserves unemployment benefits in the wake of his firing last summer.

A physician group affiliated with Iowa Health System suspended Daniel Baldi with pay in February 2012 after learning that he was being investigated by the Iowa Board of Medicine. The company fired him in August, shortly after the medical board filed formal administrative charges against his license, according to documents filed with the Iowa Employment Appeal Board.